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Property from the Collection of Robert and Faye Davidson
CHARLES WHITE (1918-1979)
Preacher (Reverend Man)
Details
CHARLES WHITE (1918-1979)
Preacher (Reverend Man)
signed and dated 'Charles. White '40' (lower right)—signed again and inscribed with title 'Reverend Man' (on the reverse)
tempera on paperboard
29 ¾ x 21 ¾ in. (75.6 x 55.2 cm.)
Painted in 1940.
Preacher (Reverend Man)
signed and dated 'Charles. White '40' (lower right)—signed again and inscribed with title 'Reverend Man' (on the reverse)
tempera on paperboard
29 ¾ x 21 ¾ in. (75.6 x 55.2 cm.)
Painted in 1940.
Provenance
Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York.
Acquired by the present owners from the above, 1995.
Acquired by the present owners from the above, 1995.
Literature
H. Taha, Collecting African American Art: Works on Paper and Canvas, New York, 1998, p. 20, illustrated (as The Preacher).
A.D. Callahan, The Talking Book: African Americans and the Bible, New Haven, Connecticut, 2006, cover illustration.
H. Schwartz, "The Charles White Retrospective—Only the Beginning," Daily Art Magazine, October 11, 2018, illustrated.
"From the Archives: Reviews of Charles White’s Exhibitions Over the Decades," ARTnews, October 26, 2018, illustrated.
A.D. Callahan, The Talking Book: African Americans and the Bible, New Haven, Connecticut, 2006, cover illustration.
H. Schwartz, "The Charles White Retrospective—Only the Beginning," Daily Art Magazine, October 11, 2018, illustrated.
"From the Archives: Reviews of Charles White’s Exhibitions Over the Decades," ARTnews, October 26, 2018, illustrated.
Exhibited
Chicago, Illinois, Art Institute of Chicago; New York, Museum of Modern Art; Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Charles White: A Retrospective, June 8, 2018-June 9, 2019, pp. 53, 230, no. 8, pl. 6, illustrated.
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